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                                             West African regional leaders plan to open an extraordinary two-day summit
                                             on Wednesday in Nigeria&rsquo;s capital, Abuja.<br />
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                                             Sonny Ugoh, communications director for the Economic Community of West
                                             African States (ECOWAS), says the leaders will consider the latest
                                             political and security situation in Mali in the run-up to that
                                             country&rsquo;s July 28 presidential election.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             &ldquo;They will review the political health of the organization and member
                                             states, the economic health of the region, and give directive as to what
                                             initiative they think we should take, in order to address whatever
                                             challenges they determine that we need to address,&rdquo; said Ugoh.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             He says Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré will brief other heads of state
                                             about the situation in Mali.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             Mr. Compaoré mediated talks between Mali&rsquo;s interim government and the
                                             rebels, who controlled parts of the country&rsquo;s north. The agreement
                                             allowed the national army into Kidal, a major rebel-held town, as part of
                                             preparations for the election.<br />
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                                             &ldquo;They are going to be briefed on the countries that would be holding
                                             elections this month, including Mali, Togo and Guinea, Conakry. They will
                                             also be briefed on the issues of Guinea Bissau, and there is going to be a
                                             report from the presidents of Burkina Faso and Nigeria,&rdquo; said
                                             Ugoh.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             Some Malians have expressed skepticism about the agreement, saying that
                                             parts of the country are still not safe enough to carry out a peaceful
                                             election. Ugoh disagreed, saying significant security progress had been
                                             made following the agreement between the government and the rebels.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             &ldquo;The leaders will be briefed for the preparation for elections in
                                             Mali and they will look at the challenges and see what other additional
                                             proposals they will need to make from a regional point of view,&rdquo; said
                                             Ugoh.<br />
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                                             A team of ECOWAS officials who went on a fact-finding mission in Mali is
                                             also expected to present its report to the regional leaders.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             Ugoh also said the leaders will ask the ECOWAS commission to help improve
                                             economic ties among member states.<br />
                                             <br />
                                             &ldquo;There is a proposal that is going to be presented to the leaders by
                                             the president of the ECOWAS commission about how the integration should be
                                             designated,&rdquo; Ugoh said. &ldquo;The proposal will also spell out how
                                             there should be inclusiveness and a greater sense of belonging in the
                                             region by all states of the community.&rdquo;<br />
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                                                     <div class="boxwidget_part forum_comment_body"> If only the leaders
                                                         would learn from what happened in Ivory coast in 2010 and make
                                                         sure that every peace plan and conditions are met before any
                                                         elections in Mali unless they want to recorgnise yet another
                                                         rebel leader as president just the way Alassane Dramane
                                                         Ouattara is recorgnised undermining the fact that the rebels
                                                         were not disarmed and re-integrated into the national army as
                                                         agreed. This was supposed to be done three months before Ivory
                                                         coast presidential election but the UN did not do that. This
                                                         gave way to the riggings and all sorts of electoral
                                                         malpractices in the North of Ivory coast that made Laurent
                                                         Gbagbo to refuse any aclaimed defeat. But I wonder how the
                                                         measures could be possible since the leader of ECOWAS is a
                                                         rebel leader and manipulator of elections. </div>
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